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Timeout Length of each retry of each polling
waiting period. When accessing the
device through a slow link, you may
want to increase the timeout interval
and then change the Retransmission
Strategy to superlinear.
Trace If selected, you can perform trace
routes.
Listen for Traps If selected, Device Manager will listen
for a trap.
When you operate Device Manager
from a UNIX platform, you must be
logged in as root in order to receive
traps.
By default, traps are sent in SNMP
V2c format. However, if you are using
an older network management system
(NMS) that supports only SNMP V1
traps (HP OpenView), you can select
that the traps be sent in V1 format.
The management station operating with
Device Manager is automatically added
to the device trap receiver table.
Max Traps in Log The maximum number of traps that can
exist in the trap log. The default is 500.
Listen for Syslogs If selected, Device Manager will listen
for syslogs.
Default Read Community The default Read Community type.
You can edit this field by highlighting
the current value and typing over it.
Default Write Community The default Write Community type. You
can edit this field by highlighting the
current value and typing over it.
Http Port Specify the port to use for the web
interface. To access the device home
page with WEB UI, Http Port must be
the same as the switch configuration.
Opening a device
Opening a device displays the device view, a picture of the device. Before
you can display the device view, you must enter community strings that
determine the access level granted to the device. Use this procedure to
open a device
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Fundamentals — Using Device Manager
NN46225-300 02.02 Standard
4.2 1 October 2007
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